Looks Like Someone Knows How To Run A Company

[youngmafbog]

http://news.sky.com/story/1247487/primark-sees-profit-up-26-percent-in-last-six-months

Primarni profits up 26%, that is going some.

But at what cost?

[emmie]

same as others, few retailers have their garments made here, not even stalwarts like M&S. They should have better reps on the ground in countries that churn out their clothes, proper safe working conditions,
its this laxity that enables fires to kill hundreds in unsafe factories
as one documentary last year showed. The security man locked the gates so that the workers couldn't get out whilst he went off to get something to eat, a fire broke out, the results as you can imagine

[mikey4444]

Women in Britain are feeding their vanity by continually buying new clothes that they don't need, and at the same time are exploiting people in the 3rd world...well done ladies !

[emmie]

have you been in Primark lately, its not just women. and they are from every conceivable country

[emmie]

such generalisations - take a look next time.

[youngmafbog]

To be fair to Mickey he did not say British women he said 'Women in Britain' so that would include women from any country who were shopping in Britain.

True there are some men but mostly dragged in by their other (or better) halfs!

I agree with Mickey, I just dont get the need to have so many clothes. One of my daughters often only wears something a couple of times before discarding. It makes me furious.

[carolegif]

It's not just the cheaper retailers that use these factories. Monsoon, Karen Millen, Coast, etc., all use them too! They just charge more for the clothes!

[Daffy6543]

I have only ever bought one item from Primark, a pair of jeans about 3 years ago. My other half likes their prices though so he tends to buy his basics such as t-shirts and underwear there.

[Bazile]

Daffy - your'e guilty by association

[Daffy6543]

Very possibly Bazile as I don't object to him shopping at Primark.
I usually buy all his clothes online for him but very occasionally he decides to buy his own and generally ends up in TK MAXX or Primark because they are cheap and are very close together in the Fishergate Centre in Preston where he works.

As carolegif said though, Primark aren't the only shop with a reputation for using questionable sources for their goods, and they have 'cleaned up their act' in recent years.

[Gromit]

Good to see a Great British Company doing so well.

Ah, but Primark are Irish. Good to see the Dingle Matket working so well.

[emmie]

men and women from Arab countries, Africa, America, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, how does one know, just listen as they shuffle around or you are stuck in a long queue with them, generally the Arab women are dressed in Burkhas, every conceivable person i could think of that lives, visits the capital shops there. On the opening of the Marble Arch store the queues were around the block, that rarely happens. I walked past on the day, and was truly amazed.

[emmie]

have a bo peep at where they have stores, and where they started, i did know it was Ireland but they weren't called Primark then, they have been around a fair while now. like or loathe them, millions upon millions of people shop in their stores, including those who come from the countries where much of the stuff is made.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primark

[emmie]

i should have said just about every nationality, otherwise that would be too much, 8 millions souls and 15 millions visitors a year to this melting pot..
i think that if they upped their game, made proper provisions for all their factory workers in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, or wherever the clothes are made, safety first, then the lives of those workers would improve immeasurably - i wholeheartedly agree that this is what they and other retailers should do. H&M, M&S, Next all get their clothes made elsewhere, and many of these would be considered sweat shops.